Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-10

| PHYSICIANS VIEWS.
DIR. Starer, chief quarantine officer
of the division, says: "If it is dengue,
there is no cause for alarm nor neces-
sity for rigid quarantine, but if a
doubt exists, it is proper to act on the
side OF safety"
POWDERLY,S PROCLAMATION.
He Defends the X Hclig fOus Prin.
ciples of the Order.
MINNEAPOLIS, October GA letter
prepared by General Master Work
man Powderly upon the attitude OF
the Catholic church towards the
Knights of Labor which has been
awaited with a great deal of interest
by members OF the Order throughout
the country, was completed tonight
and viii. be presented to the General
Assembly tomorrow. Referring to
the meeting OF the Catholic Arch
bishops year ago the present month,
Powderly says that it has been rep.
resented to the Ecclesiastical authori-
ties that the Knights of Labor were
seeking to revolutionize generally
accepted fundamental principles by
claiming for labor the the right to
dictate to capital, and in this manner
were seeking to bring into full force a
popular sovereignty in opposition to
private rights; that they were follow
ing the example of the French social
lists and arrogating to themselves the
right of ordering strikes whenever it
suited their purpose, and by these
strikes causing loss of life and de-
struction Of property, and that should
the order prosper with its pernicious
principles it would lead its members
and the working classes generally from
insubordination to anarchy and social
ism. If the principles OF the Knights
of Labor were ever to prevail among
the people religion would be for ever
destroyed in our country.
THE STATEMENTS WERE HOSTILE.
Those who spoke were the enemies
of organized labor, says Mr.. Powderly,
who then refers to the interview had
by himself, Messrs. Hayes and
O'Reilly with Cardinal Gibbons at the
latter's request, in which they sub
mitted to his eminence that "The un-
flying force of the order consisted in
the force and purity of the principles
inculcated and the cultivation Of intel
lectual, moral and social happiness.
| We are like unto band of brothers
engaged in holy cause which, far
from absorbing, would strengthen our
love of our country and would intensi-
| fy, elevate and ennoble our pa
| triotism. In our order, composed
as it is of various European nation
alities, one of the most gratifying
features is the rapidity with which
these become assimilated and welded
together forming a united whole,
strong and indissoluble, believing
firmly in the righteousness of our
cause. We ask your eminence to
examine the records of our order and
OF our prominent members who have
for years upheld our principles. 1t is
our hope, as it is our desire to purge
the order of its violent element, the
element of radical men who want to
found a society Of atheist anarchy
GIBBONS REPLY.
During the interview, which was of
long duration, Cardinal Gibbons said
in substance: CATER what We have just
learned, the present condition of the
order is to ,A an unmistakable indica-
ton that the control of your organiza-
| ton still rests with the conservative
element, and is a guarantee that there
will be no rash and dangerous depart
ures from these features Of
its policy which command the
forbearance and respect, if not the
approval OF the entire country. We
now infer that the objects of the
Knights of Labor are praise orthy
and in no way opposed to the views OF
the Catholic Church. Catholic pre-
lates will declare in favor of labor.
The Catholic Church in America will
take the side of the weaker against
the stronger. We readily believe that
to rescue the toiler from the grasp of
the selfish is work worthy of the
noblest and best of our race,
and we recognize that it is
to the accomplishment of that grand
object that the order of the Knights
of Labor is bending its every energy.
The church is justly watchful against
all secret organizations. There is no
need of secrecy where the ends and
methods OF the organization are justi-
fable for secrecy raises the presump-
ton that there is something which
will not bear the light of day.
ANARCHIsM REPRoACHED.
We condemn the work of the Anar-
chists. Like Samson OF old, they
would fain pull down the edifice of the
constitution which shelters them, even
though they should perish in its ruins.
A man that would endeavor to under
mine the laws and constitution of this
great and glorious country, deserves
the fate Of those who laid profane
hands on the ark of the living God.
Socialism takes a defiant
position beyond the pale OF
the church and announces
such extreme policy that one does not
need to hesitate moment to reach a
conclusion as to its merits and influ-
ence. 1t boldly abolishes all religious
restraint as fatuous, denounces all ex-
tant forms of worship and goes back
to what it calls nature and what
the world calls atheism" We ex-
press full faith in the maintenance OF
friendliness between the church anc
the order so long as you keep free